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"Finding Nemo not funny"

I can see why this film was so successful at the cinema as it is a truly outstanding visual feast of colour and animation. Of course when people watched it at the cinema they didn't notice the lack of humour or decent characters. Thus when the DVD came out everyone thought that they had to own it. I bet many people watched it again and thought "not as good as I remembered".

I mean how funny were those sharks? Not very. Also their motto "fish are our friends" doesn't make sense. Sharks are fish too. The main adult fish (I've forgotten all the characters names already as they were so unmemorable) was voiced by that fat lad who got eaten in Jurassic park by the Spittsaurus and didn't suit his character (they usually look and reflect the persona of the voice actor playing them), and Nemo's female companion was just annoying. I know she was meant to be but she was too annoying.

Also I don't understand why they didn't have Nemo start off in a fish tank and end up in the Ocean...

The end scene WAS funny though.

I can see why this film was so successful at the cinema as it is a truly outstanding visual feast of colour and animation. Of course when people watched it at the cinema they didn't notice the lack of humour or decent characters. Thus when the DVD came out everyone thought that they had to own it. I bet many people watched it again and thought "not as good as I remembered".

I mean how funny were those sharks? Not very. Also their motto "fish are our friends" doesn't make sense. Sharks are fish too. The main adult fish (I've forgotten all the characters names already as they were so unmemorable) was voiced by that fat lad who got eaten in Jurassic park by the Spittsaurus and didn't suit his character (they usually look and reflect the persona of the voice actor playing them), and Nemo's female companion was just annoying. I know she was meant to be but she was too annoying.

Also I don't understand why they didn't have Nemo start off in a fish tank and end up in the Ocean...

The end scene WAS funny though.

wait wait wait

Nemo's dad was NUMAN?????

edit: one trip to imdb later, no. Albert Brooks played him, and he wasn't in Jurassic Park.

Nemo's dad was Albert Brooks, not fat Seinfield/Jurassic Park guy. I loved it. The kind of visual feast I adored as a kid.

Edit: Yes, thanks.

Mr Snuggly wrote:
> Nemo's dad was Albert Brooks,

Shame I missed that party.

I thought it was crap.
Woah, harsh.
But it was - I laughed ... maybe twice.

it's criminal that he's known as 'Jurassic Park guy' as opposed to NUMANNNNN

Yeah, I thought it was carp, too.

(See what I did there?)

*LMAO*

Timmargh rules...

i have to say i agree though, which almost got me lynched at uni (doing a degree in computer animation so saying it sucked was like saying i hoped they all caught AIDS). Just because it looked amazing didn't cover up the lack of interesting things that happened and the characters which really didn't develop well.

still, it WAS primarily for kids so it's fair enough to keep things simple...

I got it on dvd as i missed it at the cinema, i was told it was quite a sad film, but i was more upset that i had paid money for such a gash film. I would have punted it to my mum for her birthday if she hadnt found out that i had bought it.

Pixar films are getting old. The jokes are always the same, based around what the characters are (ie 99% of Nemo jokes are fish related - "I'm a clown fish" etc). And they're overly schmaltzy, as well. I wouldn't say they're bad films, but it just feels like I've seen it all before.

Yeah, I didn't think it was too great either. There's one bit in the cinema that left me reeling (geddit?) for ages, but the rest was just average.